Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina MatvienkoMOSCOW, February 16Russia will not abandon its citizens to the DPR and LPR, and in the event of an invasion by the Ukrainian army, the response will be commensurate with the scale of aggression and the resulting military-political situation, said Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko. «Many thousands of Russian citizens live in the unrecognized republics. Obviously, in the event «we will not leave them in trouble, we will not let them be offended. We will do everything necessary to protect them. Naturally, our response will be commensurate with the scale of the aggression, the military-political situation that has arisen,» she told Parlamentskaya Gazeta. Russia is forced to accept the whole range of measures, including of a military nature, in a situation where Ukraine is being pumped with offensive weapons, and hotbeds of tension are being created near the Russian borders, the speaker also said. whoever else. «For the older generation that grew up in the Soviet era, for me personally, the very idea of a war with the Ukrainian people is simply blasphemous. For the country's leadership, believe me, too,» she added.
Matvienko: Russia is ready to discuss proposals for security guaranteesThere are no objective grounds for accusing Russia of aggressive intentions, the speaker of the Federation Council noted. «And it is not surprising that the topic of an attack on Ukraine, which in recent weeks has been pumped up by the West with particular force, does not have any evidence base. Only sheer fabrications,» Matvienko said. Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Matvienko pointed out, has already formulated the position that Moscow will do everything to avoid a war with Ukraine.
As Matviyenko stressed, Russian-Ukrainian relations are going through hard times, to put it mildly. «Nevertheless, I believe that any problem can be resolved peacefully, by diplomatic means, by political means,» she concluded. On Tuesday, the State Duma voted to appeal to the President of Russia on the need to recognize the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR. Commenting on the appeal, Putin said that he would proceed from doing everything to solve the problems of Donbass.Peskov advised Ukrainians to set an alarm so as not to oversleep the «invasion» In recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense, the situation around Ukraine has worsened. Washington and Brussels accuse Moscow of preparing an «invasion», declaring that Russian troops are being pulled up to the border with a neighboring state. Against this background, the North Atlantic Alliance is strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe: sending additional forces and military contingent there. The Kremlin denies these accusations and claims that they serve as a pretext for strengthening the bloc's military presence near the Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are «pumping» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it to military adventures. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized earlier, Moscow does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, it is possible that Western hysteria is aimed at covering up the sabotage of the Minsk agreements by Ukraine. clearance, SUVs and medicines